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Gallery in the College of Fine Arts. Art students can display their work on a rotating basis each week in Gallery 5, an exhibition space located on the fifth floor of CFA. ERIN BILLINGS/ DFP FILE

Visual Arts students cultivate creative, personal exhibitions in CFA

Molly Farrar December 3, 2020
On the fifth floor of the newly renovated CFA, the student exhibition space features work that rotates biweekly, and pushes students to produce their very own exhibit.
A traveling exhibition curated by graphic designer Jerome Harris is currently on display at the College of Fine Arts’ Stone Gallery until Feb. 19. The exhibit aims to amplify the work of Black designers who have not received the recognition they deserve. COURTESY OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

Artist amplifies Black voices through graphic design

Rachel Do November 11, 2020

People of color often are mis- or underrepresented in history books, and in the arts, that’s no exception. Jerome Harris, a professional graphic designer who curated the traveling exhibition “As,...

“Re-Birth” photographer Sheila Pree Bright’s multi-photograph installation hangs on a wall of Boston University’s Mugar Memorial Library. NICOLE BARTUCH / DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Photographer captures BU student voices in campus installation

Nicole Bartuch October 26, 2020

Four black-and-white portraits hang side by side on the wall of Mugar Memorial Library at Boston University, overlaid by a transparent projection of a slideshow of similar photos. The themes of freedom,...

Boston University is hosting international hip-hop dancer Amirah Sackett as a teacher and performer Monday through Friday.  ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

International hip-hop dancer teaches BU students about dance culture, history

Molly Farrar October 22, 2020

Activism usually comes in the form of words or protests, but for Amirah Sackett, activism is dance. Sackett is a Muslim American hip-hop dancer who tries to explore her identity through dance. Her...

Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s exhibit “The Visitors” reopened for Institute of Contemporary Art members on Wednesday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Reinstalled, Ragnar Kjartansson’s exhibit takes on new meaning after COVID-19

Chloe McKim Jepsen October 1, 2020
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s “The Visitors” will appear again at the Institute of Contemporary Art, where it was exhibited earlier this year before the pandemic.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is reopening to the public on Saturday for the first time in six months after closing in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. KATHERINE FEUERMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MFA reopens doors, continues virtual programming

Sarah Wager September 25, 2020
The Museum of Fine Arts is reopening to the public on Saturday for the first time since it closed in March due to the pandemic.
The currently empty “Hostile Terrain 94” exhibit on the second-floor landing of the George Sherman Union where students will be able to place a tag commemorating lives lost at the U.S.-Mexico border. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Hostile Terrain 94′ commemorates lives lost at U.S.-Mexico border, illuminates humanitarian crisis

Isabel Plower September 11, 2020
For now, “Hostile Terrain 94” is as barren as the Sonoran Desert it depicts. Soon, it will be lush with more than 3,200 toe tags representing the remains of those who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
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